Hillcrest take on Coca-Cola Challenge
A competition introduced to schools participating in the Coca-Cola® T20 schools challenge and aimed at getting learners to participate in physical activity.
Hillcrest invited all pupils from grade 8 to 11 to participate and Sports Manager, Conrad Schultz, was encouraged at the number of pupils, boys and girls that arrived in their sports gear to compete.
The concept encourages as many learners as possible to complete a five drill circuit within a 30 minute period. The scores will only be made public once all schools have completed their challenge. The school that completes the most circuits in the allotted time frame stands a chance to win a prize of an outdoor gym to the value of two hundred thousand rand, which will be installed at the winning school.
“What I learnt from the exercise is that our boys cannot skip,” said Schultz. “Academics are the main focus of the school and this year we want to get our matric pass rate back to 100%, after slipping to 99% last year, but sport is not far behind.”
The school has produced some gifted sports persons in the past year. “Robin Smith has been selected to play for the KZN under-17 cricket team, he is our leading hockey goal scorer and in 2014 he will be leaving for America to play baseball after receiving a scholarship. “Our Jo-Anne Van Der Veen has been selected to play for the ladies under-17 provincial cricket team,” said a proud Schultz. Both participated in the Coca-Cola® 30 Minute Heroes Challenge.
Schultz is hoping the school wins the outdoor gym. “We have been raising funds for a gym and if we win our goal will be achieved faster than expected.”
The five drills in the Coca-Cola 30 Minute Heroes Challenge include:
1. Shuttle runs between 6 beacons, moving a cricket ball from one beacon to the next.
2. Target Throwing at a set of wickets.
3. Skipping with a skipping rope.
4. Catching balls off a rebound board.
5. Weaving in and out of 10 slalom poles.
(Student from Hillcrest skipping rope.)
(Hillcrest students weaving out of 10 Slalom poles)
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